From 2001. For Nike. Just Do It.
"What am I on?...What are YOU on?"
From 2001. For Nike. Just Do It.
"What am I on?...What are YOU on?"
One man's testimony against Lance Armstrong shined a light into just how disturbing the world of professional cycling can be.
David Zabriskie was one of many cyclists who signed affidavits testifying that they had seen Lance Armstrong use performance enhancing drugs. But more than testifying against Armstrong, Zabriskie's heartbreaking testimony detailed how a drug-rich and bullying culture of cycling forced him to make gut-wrenching choices at a young age in hopes of pursuing his dreams. Here's his story in six quotes from his affidavit.
"Cycling became a refuge for me. Long, hard training rides were cathartic and provided an escape from the difficult home life associated with a parent with addiction. My father had a long history of substance use and addiction. Seeing what happened to my father from his substance abuse, I vowed never to use drugs. I viewed cycling as a healthy and wholesome outlet that would keep me far away from my father’s footsteps."
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"The decision of whether to go to college or continue cycling was upon me. Doping had been in the news a great deal in 1998 with the Festina scandal at the Tour de France, and I knew that I did not want to use drugs. Among the people I went to for advice was [USA Cycling President] Steve Johnson. He said not to worry about drugs in cycling. He said that the sport is cleaning up and it is a great time to enter."
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"At a training camp in Tucson in the beginning of 2001, I got very intoxicated during a celebration of my birthday, eventually falling asleep in a bath tub. Johan [Bruyneel] goaded me into drinking more, saying “take another shot or I’ll fire you.” His comment was in jest, however, those of us not on the Tour team knew that we were expendable and our careers were very much controlled by team management."
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One of the frat dudes from Total Frat Move sits down for an interview.
Since Roger Dorn is an alias, I couldn't use his picture up top. So here's a recent shot from Total Frat Move's "Fratography" section.
Source: totalfratmove.com
Recently, BuzzFeed Sports has been going back and forth a bit with popular fraternity website Total Frat Move. They took issue with our Frattiest QBs in the NFL post, and made some jokes at my expense. I was unfamiliar with TFM before the incident so I did some research and went through their site and Twitter accounts. That led to the post 25 Reminders That Fraternities Are The Worst.
At that point Roger Dorn (not his real name, but his "nom de douche" over at TFM), proposed that we do an interview exchange for the sites. My interview ran over on Total Frat Move yesterday (You can read it here, and yes, they chose the worst picture of me that's ever existed). What follows is our interview with "Roger Dorn."
(Oh and just in case you don't know. "GDI" means God Damn Independent.)
What is the most intense/craziest hazing you've ever come across working for TFM?
To be honest, I don't hear about too many crazy hazing stories. I mean they're out there, but they're usually kept in-house so to speak. There was a recent story from the University of Tennessee where a kid was rushed to the hospital because he was butt-chugging (anal bonging) Franzia wine, allegedly. He wasn't being hazed, though, which would have been easier to explain.
Your site seems to have a strong Republican lean. Are you all Republicans? What are your thoughts on abortion (an issue that would probably come up with all the sex you all claim to be having)?
The tone is getting serious here, Jackie. By "you all," I assume you're talking about the people I work with at TFM. Yes, we are all Republicans. All eight of us. I can only speak for myself on the matter of abortion; I'm against it.
How do you reconcile the homoeroticism and homophobia that seem to simultaneously exist in your community?
This is clearly a major sticking point with you. I've never encountered this homoerotica that you seem to think runs rampant in the fraternity culture. I mean I suppose there are fraternities out there that openly promote the acceptance of homosexuals, but that was never my thing, and like you told me, "not that there is anything wrong with it" anyway.
I think you got too caught up in the Animal House scene where Kevin Bacon's character is on all fours in his whitey tighties meeting the business end of a paddle, asking the wide-eyed creep in the ritual robe, "Thank you, sir. May I have another?" You need to watch the rest of that movie. The reality is much closer to the debauchery of the Delta house. I don't think anyone's really bringing home Dean Wormer's wife for a roll in the hay, but you get my point. You remind me of Flounder in that movie, except a lot skinnier. But really, homoerotic paddle sessions are simply not a part of the fraternity culture. Elephant walks are a myth, as well. Simple pledge scare tactics.
How much of a problem is date rape in frat culture? Is a woman being too drunk to consent rape? Did your frat ever talk to its members about date rape?
Date rape happens. I recently published a story about a fraternity house at Wesleyan University that students widely refer to as the "Rape Factory." Now, how bad the problem is, I have no idea. I personally don't know a single person ever accused of rape of any sort, nor will I ever associate myself with someone like that. Shit just ain't cool.
I'm a lover, Jack, a generous, consent-demanding lover.
How do you justify the way women are demeaned in the frat world ("Slams," contests to sleep with the most sorority girls, "Hogging," etc.)? Do you have nightmares of having a daughter who encounters frat guys? If not, why?
I won't go as far to say I "justify" it. It's satire. Overly derogatory terms can be funny, and the obvious sensationalism shouldn't leave any doubts about its sincerity. If you take it seriously, you probably still need to hold someone's hand while crossing the street.
I've never heard of "hogging," but it sounds hilarious. With consent, of course. Hell yes I have nightmares at the thought of bringing a daughter into this world. Have you seen the rush boob phenomenon on our website?
Is "slut dropping" a real thing? If so, why?
I have literally never heard of that, and did you really link me a story about slut dropping trending in Europe? Your outlandish fraternity perceptions are losing validity, Jack.
I get that you guys hate cargo shorts, but why do you love those dumb shorts with the little animals on them?
I had to ask my coworkers what you were referring to. I've never seen those before, so needless to say I don't own any. It sounds like a loud, gimmicky variation of the standard khaki shorts. I don't think too many guys are wearing them to be taken seriously.
You guys seem really concerned with telling the world how much better you are, why the overcompensation?
Sometimes a GDI just needs to hear it.
Why do you guys embrace such negative stereotypes?
Because they're funny. And it seems to drive people like you crazy, and that's really funny.
Many defenders of TFM call it a satire, but satire implies that you guys don't approve of the things your site tweets and seems to glorify. How can it both be satirical and embrace the ideas held in this post?
You're assuming a lot there, GDI Jack. First off, who are these "defenders?" Are you framing your assumption that the ideas in that post are embraced based on comments on the website itself, or the stereotypical frat guy ideology you've crafted in your brain to help yourself sleep at night in your cold, vagina-less bed?
Getting hit by a ball hurts. How about getting hit by a shard of a broken bat? Let's ask Joba Chamberlain.
In last night's Yankees-Orioles Game 4, Joba Chamberlain was pitching in the 12th inning when Orioles catcher Matt Wieters came up to bat. The score was tied 1-1, and Wieters, one of the O's best hitters, had a chance to spark some rare offense.
Let's just say Sammy Sosa knocks it out of the park. And by “knocks it out of the park,” I mean that a park bench could give a better performance.
Via: imdb.com
Sammy Sosa, demonstrating his inability to count.
I think I'd rather use the money to buy a small house.
This isn't four guys standing bored. It's three guys ignoring A-Rod, and A-Rod pretending not to care.
Image by Ray Stubblebine / Reuters
I was thinking about going to see the Yankees and Orioles finish off their first round playoff series this evening, so I fired up the Internet machine, swam through the web tubes until I found myself at StubHub. Now typically Yankees tickets are insanely cheap on the site. So cheap in fact that the Yankees have been bitching about it often this year. I rarely paid more than $10 to see a game.
Turns out you can get into the playoffs pretty cheaply too. The cheapest ticket was a very reasonable $16. But more interesting was the most expensive ticket.
Source: stubhub.com
Anybody want to pay $234,234.00 to sit in the grandstand where you can't buy alcohol? Anybody?
Alex Rodriguez might be a future Hall of Famer and 14-time All Star, but he won't be in the starting lineup for tonight's deciding Yankees-Orioles Game 5.
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After going 2 for 16, with a .347 OPS and only one run, in the first four games of the Yankees' ALDS series against the Baltimore Orioles, Alex Rodriguez, who is being paid $29 million this season, has been benched for tonight's crucial Game 5. In his place at third will be Eric Chavez.
A-Rod's benching goes beyond his ineffectiveness overall — he's been even worse against right-handers, going 0-11 with 9 strikeouts so far this series, and tonight's pitcher is righty Jason Hammel. The problem for the Yankees, though, is that their hitting woes extend way beyond A-Rod. Robinson Cano and Curtis Granderson, both 2012 All Stars, have been even worse, with Cano going 2 for 18 and Granderson an astonishing 1 for 16.
Because of his salary, A-Rod's woes just seem more egregious. This season, the 15th and 16th highest payrolls in the league — the two medians — are the Chicago Cubs' $88,197,033 and the Atlanta Braves' $83,309,942; alone, A-Rod's pay is 32.88% of the Cubs' payroll and 34.81% of the Braves'. It's more than half the payroll of the leagues' two cheapest teams, the Oakland A's and the San Diego Padres, and the A's made the playoffs. When Rodriguez doesn't play, that's .1% of Afghanistan's entire 2011 GDP riding the Yankees' pine.
Oh, and one other thing: A-Rod, who has accounted for 13.78% of the Yankees' payroll this year and only 4.26% of its performance, is owed another $114 million through 2017.
Source: s3-ec.buzzfed.com
This bodes well for the Lakers' team chemistry! Not like they need to please four different All-Stars or anything!
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Kobe Bryant has wasted no time in creating a Lakers feud by sole virtue of his dickery. On Wednesday, Kobe took a totally weird and unnecessary dig at long-gone former Laker and awesomely-named not-Muppet Smush Parker:
It's not that Kobe's incorrect here; Smush Parker averaged a well below-average 12.0 PER in his two full seasons with Los Angeles. But why does Kobe, a guy who's making just under $28 million this year — the NBA's highest 2012-13 salary — feel the need to slam a dude who's playing in China right now? (Because Kobe is insane, that's why. He is a bloodthirsty vampire disguised as a basketball player. How do you think his knees regenerated so quickly?)
Anyway, thank Zeus that Smush Parker decided to strike back.
Calipari just landed one of the best recruiting classes of all time, and he's not done yet.
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College basketball begins today across the country, with unheralded teams practicing alone in small gyms while flagship programs like Kentucky set off fireworks and introduce players as if they were WWE Superstars heading into the Royal Rumble.
Last year, with a roster starring four future first-round NBA draft picks and four or five more players that could start on nearly any team in the country, Kentucky steamrolled through the regular season, won 37 games (losing just two), and captured the first national title in the coach John Calpari era. It probably won't be the last.
Yesterday, a 6-foot-6 wing player from Rochester, Michigan named James Young committed to Kentucky's class of 2013, calling it his "dream school." Young is ranked 5th in the ESPN 100, and he dunks a basketball with about the same amount of effort as need to peel a banana. Young rarely seems as if he's moving at full speed, yet he blows by defenders with ease. Against high-schoolers, Young looks like he's operating a few seconds ahead of everyone else — he doesn't quite fit on the floor with kids his age, it's like a future version of himself has been transplanted there. Needless to say, James Young has the potential to lead Kentucky to a national title one day.
Oh, and he's not even the most (or second-most) highly touted Kentucky recruit in his class. Before Young committed, Calipari landed the No. 2 and No. 4 players on the ESPN 100, twins Andrew and Aaron Harrison, for the class of 2013. Andrew is the top-ranked point guard in the nation, and at 6-foot-5, looks like a stronger, slower Kyrie Irving. His highlight mixtape should induce nightmares for Florida or Vanderbilt fans.
Aaron, a shooting guard, is a similar player to his brother, but specializes in spot-up jumpers and carving through defenses off the dribble. Together, the twins averaged over 30 points, nine rebounds, and eight assists per game, and led their Texas high school to a 36-4 record as juniors. And the No. 3 player in the nation, power-forward prospect Julius Randle, still has yet to decide where he'll play in 2013, but Kentucky is at the top of his list. If he goes to Lexington, every coach in the nation over the age of 60 might retire on the spot.
Just to be clear: if Randle were to commit, Kentucky would have the ESPN-ranked #2, #3, #4, and #5 freshman in the country. Thankfully, #1 Jabari Parker crossed Kentucky off his list.
What makes Kentucky nearly unbeatable, though, are all the remarkably talented players that recruits like Young and the Harrison twins make you forget about. This fall, Calipari welcomes three top-15 recruits, including Nerlens Noel, the high-topped shot blocker primed to fill the massive hole left by No. 1 pick Anthony Davis. On the flanks is Kyle Wiltjer, an elder statesmen on the team (he's a sophomore) and top-25 recruit who has become one of the best shooters in the nation.
Sure, Kentucky isn't the preseason No. 1 this year, and Noel could jump to the NBA after his freshman season and take some of his teammates with him, but it won't matter. Coach Cal's Wildcats have lost 14 games over the last three seasons and won 102 — that's a winning percentage of 87.9% — and all signs point to Kentucky dominating for years to come. Resistance is futile, and Calipari will win.
Greg Zenas had never played varsity soccer before, even though he has been team manager for the Dexter, Michigan high school for the last six years. On October 4, his team and coach Scott Forrester surprised him with the opportunity to play.
Source: Courtney Sacco / via: annarbor.com
Source: Courtney Sacco / via: annarbor.com
Source: Courtney Sacco / via: annarbor.com
Source: Courtney Sacco / via: annarbor.com
An injury in the 12th inning of the Detroit Tigers' win over the Yankees, means the end of the Yankee captain's season.
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After more late-game heroics from Raúl Ibáñez kept the Yankees alive against Detroit, both teams traded scoreless half-innings until the 12th. With one man on, Detroit's Delmon Young ripped a double to right field that finally broke the tie. It was an RBI that would prove to be all the Tigers needed to top the Yankees, but it wasn't the story of the night. Because on the very next play Derek Jeter attempted to make a pretty routine play when his age finally betrayed him.
Ever wonder what it's like to jump 24 miles straight down and possibly break the sound barrier? Well, Felix Baumgartner did it so you wouldn't have to.
In today's Tampa Bay - Kansas City fiasco, this play happened, ruining football forever.
The Chiefs are incredibly bad. Like, really, really terrible. And they showed it today against the Tampa Bay Bucs, losing 38-10 behind a 2-interception, 0-TD effort from Brady Quinn. But they did score one touchdown, and it was weird. Here, in four steps, I'll teach you how to accomplish the Weirdest Play Ever.
Most of the time in this situation, a punter will fall on the ball or kick it out of the endzone, sacrificing a safety but guaranteeing that the other team won't score a TD on that play. But Bucs punter Michael Koenen had a better idea.
He has season tickets, even though he can barely pay rent.
“U MAD BRO?”
In Week 6 NFL action, the Seattle Seahawks beat the New England Patriots 24-23. It's tempting to call this an upset — and, technically, it is; the Patriots were favored by 4 — but both teams went into the game at 3-2, even if one of those Seattle wins was the replacement-ref Hail-Mary debacle. And Seattle, despite rookie QB Russell Wilson's learning curve, has been an effective team with a ferocious defense.
However, these are the Patriots, and this is Tom Brady, so let's call it an upset. Despite Brady's I'm-an-Uggs-model public image, he's a pretty fierce competitor, and it sounds like he expected the Patriots to come out on top, if these tweets from Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman are any indication.
This is some classic, Internet-style trolling done by an NFL player — looks like the dude might even have some Photoshop skills, unless this is a commissioned piece of art. Either way, Sherman's tweet will definitely count as a significant shot fired. Whatever the result of the game today, Brady's a guy with three Super Bowl rings and two NFL MVP trophies on his foyer at home; Sherman has started a grand total of 16 games. But this is how you make a name for yourself in the league, and today at least, Sherman's the one laughing.
Literary burn!
Source: reddit.com
I love this so much. You can almost imagine the clerk coming into work, tossing his bag onto the counter, and ignoring the pleasantries from his coworkers. "Hey Charlie, good night?" "Morning, Charlie." Not now. Not when I have truth to defend.
"Where are those blank stickers?!" And then the sharpie of justice came down and branded Lance Armstrong forever. A photo was taken to commemorate the occasion. High fives were thrown all around. It was uploaded to Reddit, so that the world would know of this most epic of literary burns. Then all the clerks stood around for a long moment, before one of them reminded Charlie it was his turn to do inventory, and he really should go do that.
Players dodged projectiles and hid under riot shields.
In the second leg of a qualifying match for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations -- the most important soccer tournament in Africa -- the Ivory Coast played Senegal in Dakar. The Ivory Coast was ahead 4-2 on aggregate after a first-leg victory, meaning Senegal needed a lopsided victory to qualify.
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Image by Stringer / Reuters
Image by Stringer / Reuters
I spent a Friday afternoon at the Keeneland track in Kentucky — an enclave of parasols, bowties, and sequin hats.
Bonus points if your sequins are extra-textured.
This is a horse race, not a motorcycle rally.
I definitely thought parasols were retired in the 1800s. Not so!
Being this close to Robert Griffin III is enough to drive anyone crazy.
Being near the Washington star sent this girl in particular through a roller coaster of emotions. Let's track how she processes it.
You won't see this at your normal NBA game. Fans of Greece's Aris Thessaloniki really know how to support their team.
I don't even know if you'll see this rabid of a support for college hoops either.